Romans 11:1-10
This sermon by Pastor Blaine works through Romans 11:1–10, addressing whether God has rejected Israel — his answer is no, proven by Paul himself (a saved Israelite) and by a faithful "remnant," echoing God's reply to Elijah that 7,000 had not bowed to Baal. He distinguishes Israel as God's chosen people from the redeemed people of God, insisting salvation has always come by grace through faith alone, never bloodline or works — otherwise "grace would no longer be grace." Applying this today, he warns against shallow "podcast theology" on Israel and surveys ways people reject the gospel: outright rejection, paganism, cults like Mormonism, and works-based "morality and tradition" (including a critique of drifting toward Catholic/Orthodox aesthetics as mistaking formality for reverence). He closes by defining the gospel as grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, then leads the church into communion with a call to sober self-examination rather than empty ritual.